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Enforced by: Charity Commission
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Regulated 1 of 23 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 22 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person18 Trustee4 Director or Officer1

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Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts

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Director or Officer — also bound by 482 other Acts

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 162 duties

Companies Act 2006 126 duties

Insolvency Act 1986 77 duties

The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 68 duties

Building Societies Act 1986 32 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

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4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation and commencement

s.002 Interpretation: general

s.003 Interpretation: bodies corporate and associated bodies corporate

s.004 Interpretation: hard copy, electronic form and related expressions

Part 2

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s.010 Transfer of accounting records on amalgamation Regulated

Transfer old CIO accounting records on amalgamationTrustee

s.011 Retention of accounting records after amalgamation Regulated

Keep transferred accounting records for at least 6 yearsTrustee

6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.005 reg.5

s.006 Application of registration provisions in

s.007 Applications for registration: communications with Commission

s.008 Applications for registration: information to be included

s.009 Applications for amalgamation: information to be included

s.012 Interpretation

Part 3

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s.013 Matters to be provided for in constitution Regulated

Ensure your CIO constitution contains all required governance clausesAny Person

s.014 Constitution not to restrict ability to dispose of property Regulated

Don't restrict the CIO's power to dispose of its propertyAny Person

s.017 Provision for entrenchment: statement of compliance Regulated

Send compliance statement to Charity Commission when amending CIO constitutionAny Person

3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.015 Provision for entrenchment

s.016 Date of resolution amending constitution

s.018 Effect of amendment of constitution on members

Part 4

CIO

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7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.019 CIO contracts

s.020 Execution of documents

s.021 Execution of deeds

s.022 Execution of deeds or other documents by attorney

s.023 Common seal

s.024 Official seal for use abroad

s.025 Bills of exchange and promissory notes

Part 5

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s.026 Requirement to keep registers Regulated

Keep a register of members and charity trusteesDirector or Officer

4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.027 Power of Commission to order rectification of register of members

s.028 Power of court to order rectification of register of members

s.029 Register of members to be evidence

s.030 Time limit for claims arising from entry in register of members

Part 6

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s.034 Duty not to accept benefits from third parties Regulated

Don't accept third-party benefits as a charity trusteeTrustee

3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.031 Eligibility for appointment as charity trustee

s.032 Validity of acts of charity trustee

s.033 Delegation and appointment of nominees

Part 7

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s.035 Notice of resolutions to be proposed at a general meeting Regulated

Give 14 days' notice of special resolutions to CIO members and trusteesAny Person

s.036 Charity trustee with personal interest in decision Regulated

Charity trustees with a personal interest must not take part in decisionsTrustee

s.037 Records to be kept of charity trustees’ decisions Regulated

Keep records of charity trustee meetings and decisions for 6 yearsAny Person

s.041 Records to be kept of members’ decisions Regulated

Keep records of members' decisions for at least 6 yearsAny Person

s.043 Records of decisions by sole member Regulated

Sole member must notify CIO of general-meeting decisionsAny Person

s.044 Inspection of records of decisions and meetings Regulated

Keep your records of decisions and meetings available to membersAny Person

6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.038 Charity trustee minutes as evidence

s.039 Charity trustee decision records as evidence

s.040 Power of court or Commission to order meeting

s.042 Records as evidence of members’ decisions

s.045 Records of resolutions and meetings of classes of members

s.046 CIO records

Part 8

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2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.047 Service of documents on CIO

s.048 Service of documents on charity trustees

Part 9

1 of 11 sections shown

s.052 Member’s right to hard copy Regulated

Send members hard copies of documents on request within 21 daysAny Person

10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.049 The CIO communications provisions

s.050 Sending or supplying documents or information

s.051 CIO’s implied agreement to receive information in electronic form

s.053 Information sent by CIO: time of receipt

s.054 Commission’s requirements as to form etc of document

s.055 Agreement with Commission to send by electronic means

s.056 Requirements for proper delivery to Commission

s.057 Commission’s power to accept document not properly delivered

s.058 Replacement of document not properly delivered to Commission

s.059 Interpretation of the CIO communications provisions

Part 10

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s.060 Fraudulent trading Regulated

Engage in fraudulent trading in a CIOAny Person

2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.061 Pre-merger vesting declarations

s.062 Notes to CIO’s accounts and statement

Part 11

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1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.063 Consequential amendments to secondary legislation

Schedules

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s.sch001 Register of members Regulated

Keep a register of members with the required detailsAny Person

s.sch001 Information as to state of register Regulated

Give register status and pending changes on inspectionAny Person

s.sch001 Single member CIO Regulated

Record single-member status and dates in your CIO's registerAny Person

s.sch001 Updating registers Regulated

Update member and trustee registers within 28 days of changesAny Person

s.sch001 Registers to be kept available for inspection Regulated

Keep your registers available for inspection at your principal officeAny Person

s.sch003 Availability of document or information on website Regulated

Make website documents readable and retainableAny Person

s.sch003 Notification of availability on website Regulated

Notify recipients when documents are available on your websiteAny Person

s.sch003 Period of availability of website Regulated

Keep notified documents available on your website for the required periodAny Person

29 other schedules

s.sch001 Names and former names

s.sch001 Removal of entries relating to former members after 10 years

s.sch001 Register of charity trustees

s.sch001 Members register: rights of access

s.sch001 Trustees register: rights of access

s.sch001 Information relating to charity trustees: grounds for refusal

s.sch002 Application of this Schedule

s.sch002 Communications in hard copy form: introduction

s.sch002 Method of communication in hard copy form

s.sch002 Address for communications in hard copy form

s.sch002 Communications in electronic form: introduction

s.sch002 Conditions for use of communications in electronic form

s.sch002 Address for communications in electronic form

s.sch003 Application of this Schedule

s.sch003 Implicit agreement of members to use of website

s.sch003 Communications in hard copy form: introduction

s.sch003 Method of communication in hard copy form

s.sch003 Address for communications in hard copy form

s.sch003 Communications in electronic form: introduction

s.sch003 Conditions for use of communications in electronic form

s.sch003 Address for communications in electronic form

s.sch003 Communications by means of a website: introduction

s.sch003 Agreement to use of website

s.sch004 Amendment of the Charities (Exception from Registration and Accounts) Regulations 1965

s.sch004 Amendment of the Charities (Exception of Universities from Registration) Regulations 1966

s.sch004 Amendment of the Charities (Misleading Names) Regulations 1992

s.sch004 Amendment of the Charities (Exception from Registration) Regulations 1996

s.sch004 Amendment of the Charities (Exception from Registration) Regulations 2008

s.sch004 Amendment of the Charities (Exception from Registration) Regulations 2010

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Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012

Does it bind you?

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What it requires

CIO

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